2012: Netherlands Initiative for Capacity development in Higher Education (NICHE) Programme for the project Capacity Building to deliver competent human resources in integrated water resource management and aquaculture for equitable and sustainable livelihoods in Kenya’s arid and semi arid lands and beyond. Project NICHE/KEN/158.

2011: Kenya National Council for Science and Technology (Kenya/South Africa Collaborative Research Grant) )Grant No. SAK/2ND CALL/34) to undertake research on Genetic diversity and Population structure of the African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822, Teleostei, clariidae) in Kenya and South Africa.

2011: Rufford Small Grant by Rufford Foundation (Grant No. 9875 – 1) to undertake research on ‘Biodiversity and the role of ‘dryland wetlands’ in semi arid Mikuyuni – Mwitasyano river catchment in South Eastern Kenya as a source of livelihood’.

2011: Kenya National Council of Science and Technology Grant to undertake research on ‘Promotion of surface runoff and rainwater harvesting for application in Aquaculture and horticulture development in Kitui District, Kenya’.

2010: South Eastern University College Competitive Research Grant to undertake research on ‘Bacterial analysis of shallow wells water within Kitui Municipality’. Value of grant Ksh. 300,000